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Facebook Live 13th August 2019 There are 2 types of ultrasound. The first is diagnostic ultrasound and the second is therapeutic ultrasound.  Diagnostic ultrasound involves visually seeing soft tissue in order to determine a diagnosis. So what are our thoughts on...

Facebook Live 7th August 2019 What is that lump at the back of your heel? The lump at the back of your heel is called a haglund’s deformity. Haglunds deformity is an abnormal bone growth at the back of the heel. When this abnormal bone rubs against the back of tight...

Facebook Live 30th July 2019 There has been a lot of research has been done investigating the use of cortisone injections and using injections of saline or saltwater as a comparison. Here a few studies that we have found investigating it. One study split the...

Facebook Live 25th July 2019  Having flat feet can get you disqualified from the military:In the past, having flat feet would have you disqualified from the military. The reason being is, flat feet predisposed you to alot of lower limb issues because the foot would...

Facebook Live 16th July 2019 Will rolling your foot on a drink bottle or massage ball get rid of heel pain? The answer is a yes and no. An analogy our Exercise physiologist Josh likes to use is if you picture a dam leaking. If we're only patching up the leaks, but...

Facebook Live 16th July 2019

Facebook Live 9th July 2019 Will a heel spur disappear on its own? A heel spur is unfortunately permanent. Just like any of the bones in our feet they don’t just disappear on their own so a bony heel spur won’t be any different. Although a spur won’t disappear that...

Facebook Live 4th July 2019   We will frequently get patients coming into our clinic saying that they have a heel spur and that this is causing their pain however this turns out to be a myth. What is causing the pain is the fort tissue structure that is sitting...

Facebook Live 27th June 2019 Are flat feet bad? This is a question we get asked a lot. Flat feet don’t have to be a bad thing, they have pros and cons to them. Flat feet are referred to as a pronated foot type, which means a foot that rolls in. This pronation movement...

Facebook Live 18 June 2019 One of the most highly searched questions and emails we receive here at the Adelaide heel pain clinic. Heel bursitis is essentially an inflammation at the bursa at the back of the heel. This bursa sits In between the heel bone and Achilles...

Facebook Live Thursday 13th June 2019 In podiatry orthotics are a traditional method of treatment. There is a a lot of debate in recent years about how orthotics work and what they do to reduce our patients heel pain. However at the end of the day approximately 70-90%...

  Facebook Live 4th June 2019 Weight loss and heel pain This topic arose for us due to a patient at our clinic with heel pain that she had for 7 years and around year number 2 she lost 30kg which brought her pain from a 9/10 all the way to a 3/10, which just...